lopen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloːpə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -oːpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch *lōpan, *loupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

Alternative forms

  • loopen (obsolete)

Verb

lopen

  1. (intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, go fast on one's own legs
    Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.
    I ran to the city.
    Synonyms: hardlopen, hollen, rennen
  2. (intransitive, chiefly Belgium) to run, cover distance, follow a track etc.
    Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.
    He did a lot of running there.
    Synonyms: hardlopen, hollen, rennen
  3. (intransitive, chiefly Netherlands) to walk, go somewhere regardless of speed
    Ik ben naar de stad gelopen.
    I walked to the city.
    Synonyms: gaan, stappen, wandelen
  4. (intransitive, chiefly Netherlands) to walk in general
    Hij heeft daar veel gelopen.
    He did a lot of walking there.
    Synonyms: gaan, stappen, wandelen
  5. (intransitive) to be open, current, activated
  6. (intransitive) to lose liquid: drip, gush, leak
  7. (auxiliary, with te) Forms a continuous aspect. Although it carries an implication of walking, this is vague and not emphasized.
    Wat loop jij daar te doen?
    What are you doing there?
Usage notes

In Flanders, the word usually means "to run", while in the Netherlands it usually means "to walk". An identical phrase will thus be interpreted differently depending on the area where the speaker comes from. In Netherlands, rennen is the common word for run.

Inflection
Inflection of lopen (strong class 7)
infinitive lopen
past singular liep
past participle gelopen
infinitive lopen
gerund lopen n
verbal noun loop
present tense past tense
1st person singular loopliep
2nd person sing. (jij) looptliep
2nd person sing. (u) looptliep
2nd person sing. (gij) looptliept
3rd person singular looptliep
plural lopenliepen
subjunctive sing.1 lopeliepe
subjunctive plur.1 lopenliepen
imperative sing. loop
imperative plur.1 loopt
participles lopendgelopen
1) Archaic.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch loope, lopin (perhaps cognate with French), presumably a diminutive of loop (“jump”), cognate with Old English leap.

Alternative forms

Noun

lopen ? (uncountable, diminutive loopje n)

  1. A dry measure of content
  2. An apparently larger land measure
Derived terms
  • loopzaad, loopense

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

lopen

  1. Plural form of loop

Anagrams

Finnish

(index lo)

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Finnic *loppedak.

Adverb

lopen

  1. altogether, to death
    Olen lopen kyllästynyt tähän paikkaan!
    I'm fed up to here with this place!

Anagrams

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German lôpen, from Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”). Cognate with Dutch lopen, German laufen (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe, English leap, Danish løbe, Swedish löpa (“to run”).

Verb

lopen (past singular leep, past participle lopen, auxiliary verb hebben, wesen)

  1. to leap, run

Conjugation

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lōpan, *loupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”).

Verb

lôpen

  1. to run (on foot)
  2. to go, to run, to move
  3. to run, to flow
  4. to go, to stretch (of roads, rivers etc.)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “lopen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “lopen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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